Schools
352 open schools are in scope, including 141 primary and 31 secondary schools. Gateway Academy is the nearest published school at 289 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NW8 8QW
Abbey Road · Westminster · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Abbey Road
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Postcode district
- NW8
- Postcode sector
- NW8 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NW8 8QW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- NW
- Postcode district
- NW8
- Postcode sector
- NW8 8
- Latitude
- 51.528085
- Longitude
- -0.173475
- British National Grid easting
- 526,800
- British National Grid northing
- 182,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Westminster · E09000033
- Electoral ward
- Abbey Road · E05013792
- Parish or community
- E43000236
- Westminster constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster · E14001172
- Output area
- E00023910
- Lower layer super output area
- Westminster 003D · E01004728
- Middle layer super output area
- Westminster 003 · E02000962
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NW8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 352
- Primary
- 141
- Secondary
- 31
- 289 m
Gateway Academy
Academy converter
- 454 m
Woodside School
Other independent special school
- 537 m
Portman Early Childhood Centre
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 15,145
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,326
- Other theft 2,235
- Anti social behaviour 2,042
- Theft from the person 1,458
- Shoplifting 1,127
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NW8 8 residents
- 10,579
Age bands in NW8 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 17.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.2%
1,652 residents
1,824 residents
3,061 residents
2,448 residents
1,491 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
140
within 5 km straight-line
LISSON GROVE HEALTH CENTRE
GATEFORTH STREET, LONDON, NW8 8EG
ODS code E87011
472 m
WELLINGTON HEALTH CENTRE
16 WELLINGTON ROAD, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON, NW8 9SP
ODS code E87754
491 m
CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE
1 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND
ODS code E87052
531 m
LITTLE VENICE MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND
ODS code E87006
531 m
ST JOHNS WOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRAMPTON HOUSE, 60 GROVE END ROAD, LONDON, NW8 9NH
ODS code E87609
615 m
PADDINGTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE
4 PRINCESS LOUISE CLOSE, LONDON, W2 1LQ
ODS code E87008
795 m
THIRD FLOOR LANARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
165 LANARK ROAD, LONDON, W9 1NZ
ODS code E87663
883 m
THE RANDOLPH SURGERY
235A ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 1NH
ODS code E87046
947 m
MAIDA VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
40 BIDDULPH MANSIONS, ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 1HT
ODS code E87010
1.1 km
CRAWFORD STREET SURGERY
95-97 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON, W1H 2HJ
ODS code E87070
1.3 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
85 ABBEY ROAD, LONDON, NW8 0AG
ODS code F83019
1.4 km
THE WESTBOURNE GREEN SURGERY
HEALTH AT THE STOWE, 260 HARROW ROAD, LONDON, W2 5ES
ODS code Y00902
1.5 km
GRAND UNION HEALTH CENTRE
209 HARROW ROAD, PADDINGTON, LONDON, W2 5EH
ODS code E87637
1.5 km
BELSIZE PRIORY MEDICAL PRACTICE (GROUP)
ABBEY CENTRE, 172A BELSIZE ROAD, LONDON, NW6 4BJ
ODS code F83658
1.6 km
SWISS COTTAGE SURGERY
2 WINCHESTER MEWS, SWISS COTTAGE, LONDON, NW3 3NP
ODS code F83665
1.6 km
CAVENDISH HEALTH CENTRE
LOWER GROUND FLOOR, 15 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5JD
ODS code E87745
1.6 km
MARYLEBONE HEALTH CENTRE
17 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5LT
ODS code E87737
1.6 km
THE GARWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
PICKERING HOUSE, HALLFIELD ESTATE, LONDON, W2 6HF
ODS code E87009
1.6 km
CONNAUGHT SQUARE PRACTICE
41 CONNAUGHT SQUARE, LONDON, W2 2HL
ODS code E87037
1.7 km
ELGIN CLINIC
40 ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 3QT
ODS code E87038
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 140 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St John's Wood Road / Lord's Cricket Grd
BCT · Lisson Grove
- 0.1 miles
St John's Wood Road / Lord's Cricket Grd
BCT · Lisson Grove
- 0.2 miles
Hall Road
BCT · Maida Vale
- 0.2 miles
Frampton Street
BCT · Lisson Grove
- 0.2 miles
Frampton Street
BCT · Lisson Grove
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 003D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
6 of 10
Overall England rank
18,395 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
15,145 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,262.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,326 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.